Art and Politics

I like the Guerilla Girls, we discussed them in class and what attracts me to them is there gender equalist attitude towards women in the artworld. When it comes to art and politics there is such a wide spectrum, because anything can be turned political, more so then others of course- maybe this a sweeping statement, but anyway the personal interacting with the social, the interpersonal expierience and your knowledge of the world, your social class your race- all this takes part in how you react or how your artwork is perceived. This is kind of relative to the Guerilla Girls, there artworks are specifically gender related. In their artworks there is a use of percentages to respond to the lack of women artists in major galleries and museums. They formed in 1984 which is a huge part of there work for it is reflective of their time, and they use poster like formatt and advertisement to highlight what they stand for; to engage the audience and to take action. No one is left out, in one piece which we dicussed in class, which highlights this, was a poster which asked "what do these artists have in common? (it lists the artists)...they allow their work to be shown in galleries that show no more than 10 percent of women artists or none at all". Whats great about their work is that they have had an impact, because of what was highlighted, institutions "scrambled" to improve their ratings. I personally like the poster "Do women have to be naked to get into the Met Museum", 1989 which is pictured. I like it because sex sells...nah, its because of the information that comes with the work it is shocking and sad that it was a reality in 1989.